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elections to the District Boards are followed by
elections to the Municipal Councils and then by
elections to the Legislative Council. Submissions to
the Survey Office were evenly divided on this. Most
District Board members who spoke on the issue did,
however, advocate such a change, and some public
opinion surveys recorded significant support for it.
63.
The Green Paper also raised for discussion the
possibility of staggering the terms of office of
different groups of Legislative Councillors
So that,
while all terms would be of equal length, they would
begin in different years. There was little public
response on this point. The balance of it was against
such a change.
64.
Submissions to the Survey Office and public
opinion surveys indicated that a clear majority of the
community did not favour changing the length of terms
of office for elected members of District Boards,
Municipal Councils and the Legislative Council.
However most of the members of these bodies who spoke
the subject did wish to change from a three-year to
a four-year term.
on the
65.
These issues are affected by the arranagements
set out in Chapters IV and V of this White Paper, by
which
the District Boards
will each elect a
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